日常生活

The X-Files was my favourite show when I was a kid. With mysteries, thrills and government conspiracies, TV didn't get any better than that. Those were good times.

My brother recently bought the box with all 9 season and the 2 movies and we've been watching an episode every now and then. Some episodes are really cheesy, what with it being from the 90's and all, but all of them bring back so many memories. I am constantly reminded of what made the show great and why I wanted to be like Mulder when I grew up, trenchcoat and all..

I wanted to believe. In some ways, I still do.

It's been a while since I saw any anime and I wanted to pick up a slow paced show to easy my way back. I decided on Hourou Musuko, a story about a boy who wants to be a girl and a girl who wants to be a boy.

I think this is my first experience with these particular topics; gender identity and transsexuality. I'm not really sure why I picked it, but I'm glad I did. It's a really nice story, short but so very sweet.

The art style is really neat, and actually what I first fell for - I noticed the image before reading the synopsis.

I only wish the show would've lasted longer, but I guess I could, nay should read the manga. :3

I recently started watching NCIS, which supposedly is America's favourite TV show. I don't watch a whole lot of TV, but the Yank's got this one right; NCIS is really good.

I mean really, really good. I really like the chemistry between the characters. Gibbs is a really cool but mysterious "father figure", the fights between "brother and sister" Tony and Kate are fun to watch and Abby....Sweet delicious Abby, she blows me away.

The one thing that's sometimes bugging me is how fast they solve a case. But hey, with shy over 40 minutes I guess there's only so much time for questions. :-)

Not really knowing what to expect, I decided to buy season one of Battlestar Galactica (2004).

I just finished the 3-hour-long miniseries/prequel and I quite liked it. The story and the characters are both interesting and the cgi is wonderful. There's really not a whole lot to complain about.

The twist at the end left me with big hopes for the series, can't wait to watch the rest of it. :-)

I just saw the last episode of The Pacific and as a whole, I found the show really good. The acting, production quality, intensity - everything was on high pretty much the whole way through.

The opening credits were really neat with the charcoal, graphite and ink. It really set the tone for the rest of the episode; rought and touching.

I've never been a huge fan of war stories, nor about WWII, but The Pacific sucked me in like few before.

Because of this I'm thinking about buying the books the series is based on; Helmet for My Pillow and With the Old Breed.

I can't remember when I first saw Donnie Darko. It can't have been long after it was released on DVD though, because it has been some time.

For some reason I hated it. I can't for the life of me remember why, but that's been my standpoint through the years - "I hate it". And people have looked at me funny...

The other day I was sifting through my brother's DVD collection and I found Donnie Darko standing there, mocking me - teasing me. So I borrowed it.

I watched it and to my astonishment I liked it, a lot. I don't know what made me hate it in the first place, but I've been in the dark (no pun) for so many years.

I'm sorry, Donnie. It was wrong of me to ever doubt you. I don't know why it turned out like this, but let's try again. Let's be friends.

I have a friend who, I believe, thinks I'm an idiot. I don't know if I can prove her wrong..

The reason is basically that I'm not keeping up to date with awesome TV-shows, something she's been hounding me about for a while. I'm not much a "viewer" these days (I fall asleep so damn easily) but she's pretty stubborn (and I want to stay on her good side), so what's a guy to do?

She handed me the first seasons of both Oz and The Wire to get me going. I decided to start with Oz as it had fewer episodes...

To my surprise Oz was an alright show. Sure, it's rather incoherent at times and I got lost between episodes, but the characters are pretty interesting. Especially poor Tobias Beecher. Damn...

I'm watching The Wire now, two episodes down so far. I quite like it, quite a lot. I've never been a huge fan of police series (except maybe NYPD Blue when I was younger) but this is pretty good. :-)

Edit January 22: I'm taking it rather slow, but with 5 episodes down I'M HOOKED. The Wire is fcking awesome! Thanks for opening my eyes, girl! :-)

I tried watching SE:L a good while back, but it was dubbed in English so turned it off after 2 minutes. Anime dubs are shit..

I recently got a hold of a copy with Japanese speech and decided to give it a go. I've seen 6 episodes so far.

Honestly I don't really know what the hell is going on. @_@

Strangely enough, the story reminds me of the Otherland-serie by Tad Williams. I liked that one better though.

I'm currently trying to find books and/or movies with stories that revolves around travels either by train or by sea. I own a few books about seafaring (such as the Liveship Traders Trilogy) but I'm wanting more. In my search I stumbled upon a list of 101 Crackerjack Sea Books which will more than likely satisfy the thirst for seafaring stories. Woop. :)

Stories about trains seems to be sparse, however. I'm sure there's an equal list of 101 stories about trains but I haven't found it. People have suggested Agatha Christies 'Murder on the Orient Express' and my brother mentioned The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock which I'll look into. Apart from those I haven't really found anything. Well, so far..

The movie this time and author Scott Smith also wrote the screenplay. It's not half as "scary" as the novel, but it had its moments. The actors are doing an alright job except for the "hysterical" scenes which go a little overboard.

There's a couple of rewrites from the novel. My biggest issue is how character storylines have been swapped around. Pablo is called Dimitri, and he's only in the movie up until they reach the ruins, where in the novel he's around for a lot longer. Mathias is then shifted to take his role, Amy takes Erics role, etc etc.. Feels all weird.

The movie is ok. The novel is king. ;-]